Nov 30, 2013 — Kim Mattingly In the last installment, I discussed the popularity of social networking, and featured two popular reading/book social networks: GoodReads and Shelfari. Riffle and Fictfact are two other book networking sites that are less popular. Riffle (Rifflebooks.com) Riffle, an alternative to GoodReads, launched in May 2013. I became aware of the site about a month ago, when a co-worker mentioned it to me. She described it as “Pinterest for books.” Of course, I had…

Nov 26, 2013 — Savannah Warren I recently made a trip to Evansville and visited their public library. For one of my classes, I needed to compare and contrast two public libraries and I thought I should check theirs out since I was in the neighborhood. I have to admit, theirs was pretty cool. The kids section looked like a playground and was removed from the rest of the library, so the noise coming from it didn’t pollute the…

Nov 15, 2013 — Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be your own boss? Have you ever thought that perhaps you could do something as well or better than someone else in the same field of business? Do you ever get tired of just doing the same old thing every single day? Well, if you answered “yes” to any of the above questions then perhaps you might be interested in starting your own business and…

Nov 15, 2013 — November is known as National Novel Writing Month, also known as NaNoWriMo, when writers attempt to create 50,000 words in 30 days. To celebrate, the Daviess County Public Library and the Owensboro Writers Group are hosting “Write ’til Midnight”, a 9-hour writing marathon on Saturday, November 23rd starting at 3 p.m. Come from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. Sign in at the Public Lounge. Bring your own laptop, or check out a Library netbook or…

Nov 12, 2013 — Kara Schroader Ryan Gosling and Zach Shields met in 2005. Gosling was dating his Notebook costar Rachel McAdams, and Shields was dating her sister Kayleen. After discussing their mutual obsession with the Haunted Mansion ride at Disneyland, the two realized they shared a fascination with the supernatural. During childhood, Shield’s preoccupation with ghosts lead to his parents’ putting him in therapy, and Gosling once moved from a house believing it to be haunted. Their shared…

Nov 1, 2013 — “Who was that guy who played the bad guy in that movie?” My friends ask me questions like this, because they know I’m one of the public library’s “movie guys.” In fact one of my job responsibilities is purchasing new DVDs and Blu-Rays for the library’s collection, so I have to be up on my movies. But I don’t know everything, which is where IMDb comes in. The Internet Movie Database website (www.imdb.com) has been…